Fresh up on the #OU_LD blog: Alice Gallagher, our new Interim Head of Learning Design, discusses the importance of collaboration in the field as well as how the role of #LearningDesign is evolving and what its future place in #HigherEd might look like.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
September 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Fresh up on the #OU_LD blog: Alice Gallagher, our new Interim Head of Learning Design, discusses the importance of collaboration in the field as well as how the role of #LearningDesign is evolving and what its future place in #HigherEd might look like.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
Great presentation #OU_LD team!!
Two members of the #OU_LD team presented on their ‘Words of Wisdom’ project at the #EAUC25 conference recently. Read Paul and Cat's thoughts on their experience in our latest blog post: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
August 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great presentation #OU_LD team!!
One of our learning designers at the Open University is sharing her study about ways we can improve outcomes for non-traditional students in online #distanceeducation
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co...
#H890Conf #retentioninHE #OUMAOT #digitaleducation #distancelearning @ou-ld-social.bsky.social
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#H890Conf #retentioninHE #OUMAOT #digitaleducation #distancelearning @ou-ld-social.bsky.social
April 14, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Anna and Mark from #OU_LD are featured on the Praxis Scholarship Hub podcast, discussing what anti-racist #assessment looks like in a #DistanceEducation context. Listen in! 🎙️
open.spotify.com/episode/1Oyw...
@welspraxis.bsky.social #HigherEd
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@welspraxis.bsky.social #HigherEd
Episode 5: Exploring anti-racist design in online distance education with Mel Green, Anna Judd-Yelland and Mark Williams
Praxis Scholarship Hub Podcast · Episode
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May 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Anna and Mark from #OU_LD are featured on the Praxis Scholarship Hub podcast, discussing what anti-racist #assessment looks like in a #DistanceEducation context. Listen in! 🎙️
open.spotify.com/episode/1Oyw...
@welspraxis.bsky.social #HigherEd
open.spotify.com/episode/1Oyw...
@welspraxis.bsky.social #HigherEd
Some #OU_LD team members have been working through the #Allyship programme, run by @openuniversity.bsky.social. Thought this resource, A Progressive’s Style Guide, shared in the unit, was really fantastic. Had to share as it could be useful to lots of folks! interactioninstitute.org/wp-content/u...
interactioninstitute.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Some #OU_LD team members have been working through the #Allyship programme, run by @openuniversity.bsky.social. Thought this resource, A Progressive’s Style Guide, shared in the unit, was really fantastic. Had to share as it could be useful to lots of folks! interactioninstitute.org/wp-content/u...
If you haven't rejoined us from The Other Place and are new to us here on Bsky, did you know that we have our own #OU_LD blog where we cover lots of areas of #LearningDesign? Our most recent article was on designing for dyslexic students. Check it out here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
November 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
If you haven't rejoined us from The Other Place and are new to us here on Bsky, did you know that we have our own #OU_LD blog where we cover lots of areas of #LearningDesign? Our most recent article was on designing for dyslexic students. Check it out here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
📢 Reviving an #OU_LD blog post from a little while back:
Have a read about the importance of #scaffolding in learning and the different category types that can be utilised. Finish up by following some (or all) of the suggested #NextSteps.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#LearningDesign
Have a read about the importance of #scaffolding in learning and the different category types that can be utilised. Finish up by following some (or all) of the suggested #NextSteps.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#LearningDesign
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
📢 Reviving an #OU_LD blog post from a little while back:
Have a read about the importance of #scaffolding in learning and the different category types that can be utilised. Finish up by following some (or all) of the suggested #NextSteps.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#LearningDesign
Have a read about the importance of #scaffolding in learning and the different category types that can be utilised. Finish up by following some (or all) of the suggested #NextSteps.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#LearningDesign
We're so proud the #OU_LD AI group were shortlisted as the @openuniversity.bsky.social nomination for CATE* 2026. Collaborative excellence is in our DNA. Our latest blog reflects on what it means to be recognised for this as CATE nominees. Big congrats to the winners!
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
August 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
We're so proud the #OU_LD AI group were shortlisted as the @openuniversity.bsky.social nomination for CATE* 2026. Collaborative excellence is in our DNA. Our latest blog reflects on what it means to be recognised for this as CATE nominees. Big congrats to the winners!
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
Fab news to share! The work our #OU_LD AI team has done creating the Responsible by Design framework has been nominated for *two* @altuk.bsky.social Awards! Find the shortlist here: drive.google.com/file/d/1AXG8....
ALT Awards 2025 - Shortlisted Entries .pdf
drive.google.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Fab news to share! The work our #OU_LD AI team has done creating the Responsible by Design framework has been nominated for *two* @altuk.bsky.social Awards! Find the shortlist here: drive.google.com/file/d/1AXG8....
We've loved hearing about the wonderful discussions coming out of this years #OER26 conference.
If you couldn't attend but want to get a flavour of the presentation that Paul and Catriona gave, you're in luck as it's on YouTube! 🎉
youtu.be/BX8486zLTko?...
#Sustainability #LearningDesign #OU_LD
If you couldn't attend but want to get a flavour of the presentation that Paul and Catriona gave, you're in luck as it's on YouTube! 🎉
youtu.be/BX8486zLTko?...
#Sustainability #LearningDesign #OU_LD
Embedding Sustainability: Learning from a compendium of actionable sustainability examples
YouTube video by OU Learning Design
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June 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
We've loved hearing about the wonderful discussions coming out of this years #OER26 conference.
If you couldn't attend but want to get a flavour of the presentation that Paul and Catriona gave, you're in luck as it's on YouTube! 🎉
youtu.be/BX8486zLTko?...
#Sustainability #LearningDesign #OU_LD
If you couldn't attend but want to get a flavour of the presentation that Paul and Catriona gave, you're in luck as it's on YouTube! 🎉
youtu.be/BX8486zLTko?...
#Sustainability #LearningDesign #OU_LD
Big congrats to Paul & Cat from #OU_LD, now published authors, on the release of their chapter on #sustainability and #LearningDesign which is included in the book Education for Sustainable Development: The Contribution of Universities. 🌟🙌
Read their contribution here: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Read their contribution here: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
July 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Big congrats to Paul & Cat from #OU_LD, now published authors, on the release of their chapter on #sustainability and #LearningDesign which is included in the book Education for Sustainable Development: The Contribution of Universities. 🌟🙌
Read their contribution here: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Read their contribution here: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Paul Astles from our #OU_LD team was recently a guest on a recent episode of @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Treasure Island Pedagogies podcast. Listen to him talking about Climate Action Pedagogy here:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-i...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-i...
April 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Paul Astles from our #OU_LD team was recently a guest on a recent episode of @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Treasure Island Pedagogies podcast. Listen to him talking about Climate Action Pedagogy here:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-i...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-i...
🌟 We've added some new shareable resources on our #OU_LD blog! Have a look at the new #ICEBERG Health Check document and the Implementing ICEBERG principles sheet that include #LearningDesign tips aimed at helping to build #StudentRetention.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
January 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
🌟 We've added some new shareable resources on our #OU_LD blog! Have a look at the new #ICEBERG Health Check document and the Implementing ICEBERG principles sheet that include #LearningDesign tips aimed at helping to build #StudentRetention.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
📢 ATTN! There's a new article on our blog! Read how members of the #OU_LD team & @ietatou.bsky.social represented the @openuniversity.bsky.social on the Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education (iLED) project, along with a team of international collaborators.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
September 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📢 ATTN! There's a new article on our blog! Read how members of the #OU_LD team & @ietatou.bsky.social represented the @openuniversity.bsky.social on the Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education (iLED) project, along with a team of international collaborators.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
Some #OU_LD team members have participated in The @openuniversity.bsky.social's #Allyship programme. This resource, A Progressive’s Style Guide, used in the unit, was really fantastic. Had to share as it could be useful to lots of folks! interactioninstitute.org/wp-content/u...
interactioninstitute.org
April 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some #OU_LD team members have participated in The @openuniversity.bsky.social's #Allyship programme. This resource, A Progressive’s Style Guide, used in the unit, was really fantastic. Had to share as it could be useful to lots of folks! interactioninstitute.org/wp-content/u...
Our fellow #OU_LD team member @mikecollins.bsky.social announced today that The Pedagodzilla Book is now up on #OpenLearn as an OER. It's a fun read and gets great reviews! Get stuck in!
www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
Explore the Realm of Pedagogy with Pedagodzilla!
Pop culture is turned into playful exploration of key learning theories in ‘Pedagodzilla: Exploring the Realm of Pedagogy’. Find out more about this open educational resource.
www.open.edu
March 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Our fellow #OU_LD team member @mikecollins.bsky.social announced today that The Pedagodzilla Book is now up on #OpenLearn as an OER. It's a fun read and gets great reviews! Get stuck in!
www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
www.open.edu/openlearn/ed...
Today is #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay so we're sharing an #OU_LD blog post from a few months back which has some advice for creating good learning materials for people with #dyslexia. There's a handy tips graphic included in the post too!
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
May 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today is #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay so we're sharing an #OU_LD blog post from a few months back which has some advice for creating good learning materials for people with #dyslexia. There's a handy tips graphic included in the post too!
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
Answer: The #OU_LD team members who worked on this project are Paul Astles and Catriona Matthews. Also working with them from the OU was Bart Rienties.
And if you were curious, iLED is short for _Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education_. More info can be found here:
iled-project.eu
And if you were curious, iLED is short for _Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education_. More info can be found here:
iled-project.eu
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iled-project.eu
March 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Answer: The #OU_LD team members who worked on this project are Paul Astles and Catriona Matthews. Also working with them from the OU was Bart Rienties.
And if you were curious, iLED is short for _Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education_. More info can be found here:
iled-project.eu
And if you were curious, iLED is short for _Innovating Learning Design in Higher Education_. More info can be found here:
iled-project.eu
The Christmas season is upon us and we’ve recently enjoyed some great virtual ‘fireside chats’ during The
@openuniversity.bsky.social
's Equitable Outcomes Challenge Week. ☕🔥Read some reflections from #OU_LD team members in our latest blog post: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#PracticeSharing #EDI
@openuniversity.bsky.social
's Equitable Outcomes Challenge Week. ☕🔥Read some reflections from #OU_LD team members in our latest blog post: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#PracticeSharing #EDI
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The Christmas season is upon us and we’ve recently enjoyed some great virtual ‘fireside chats’ during The
@openuniversity.bsky.social
's Equitable Outcomes Challenge Week. ☕🔥Read some reflections from #OU_LD team members in our latest blog post: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#PracticeSharing #EDI
@openuniversity.bsky.social
's Equitable Outcomes Challenge Week. ☕🔥Read some reflections from #OU_LD team members in our latest blog post: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
#PracticeSharing #EDI
Today's hot topic in the #OU_LD team is #ProblemBasedLearning. Which has reminded us of our own @mikecollins.bsky.social's fantastic #Pedagodzilla #podcast episode on the subject.
www.pedagodzilla.com/schools-out-...
www.pedagodzilla.com/schools-out-...
School’s out forever! How does Problem based learning help Buffy the Vampire Slayer? (Ft.Computational thinking)
Now here’s a Brucie bonus for you – it’s a pedagogy 2 for the price of 1 special! We’ve got Rebecca Ferguson, innovator of pedagogy and watcher of Buffy joining us to figure…
www.pedagodzilla.com
July 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Today's hot topic in the #OU_LD team is #ProblemBasedLearning. Which has reminded us of our own @mikecollins.bsky.social's fantastic #Pedagodzilla #podcast episode on the subject.
www.pedagodzilla.com/schools-out-...
www.pedagodzilla.com/schools-out-...
#OU_LD team members Paul & Catriona have been working with colleagues across @openuniversity.bsky.social to share their work as part of the practice sharing taking place at the #ESDExchange event at @dmu.ac.uk next week. Read more in this blog article:
esdexchange2026.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/04/09/s...
April 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
#OU_LD team members Paul & Catriona have been working with colleagues across @openuniversity.bsky.social to share their work as part of the practice sharing taking place at the #ESDExchange event at @dmu.ac.uk next week. Read more in this blog article:
esdexchange2026.our.dmu.ac.uk/2026/04/09/s...
We're excited to share what listeners can expect from the show:
1. SIG Co-chair Kathleen Calder from the #OU_LD team at @openuniversity.bsky.social guiding us through what thinking about #DigitalSustainability might mean.
1. SIG Co-chair Kathleen Calder from the #OU_LD team at @openuniversity.bsky.social guiding us through what thinking about #DigitalSustainability might mean.
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We're excited to share what listeners can expect from the show:
1. SIG Co-chair Kathleen Calder from the #OU_LD team at @openuniversity.bsky.social guiding us through what thinking about #DigitalSustainability might mean.
1. SIG Co-chair Kathleen Calder from the #OU_LD team at @openuniversity.bsky.social guiding us through what thinking about #DigitalSustainability might mean.
New to Words of Wisdom? Get all the background on it in our blog: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni... #OU_LD
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Words of Wisdom: Creating a compendium of Sustainability – OU Learning Design team blog
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July 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
New to Words of Wisdom? Get all the background on it in our blog: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni... #OU_LD
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Another share from the #OU_LD resources archive for #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay. Here's a sheet with guidance for helping students who have #dyspraxia.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
May 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Another share from the #OU_LD resources archive for #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay. Here's a sheet with guidance for helping students who have #dyspraxia.
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
www.open.ac.uk/blogs/learni...
👉 Don't forget to sign up to attend the Teaching and Researching for a Just Transition: Planetary Boundaries and Ethics 2026 symposium (forajusttransition.org) taking place on 24 - 25 September. Make some room in your diary for the #OU_LD lightning talks on the 24th at 10am too! 📆
September 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
👉 Don't forget to sign up to attend the Teaching and Researching for a Just Transition: Planetary Boundaries and Ethics 2026 symposium (forajusttransition.org) taking place on 24 - 25 September. Make some room in your diary for the #OU_LD lightning talks on the 24th at 10am too! 📆